Here’s a summary of his bio someone passed us. We’ve translated it into Word so that we could delete his contact info, and respect his privacy. So it’s not as slick as the original.

Update: Rob Day, as usual, has more to say about clean-tech related developments, and says the departure at Ion America may not be anything big. In fact, we heard that the departure was because of a board difference. We heard that Gopalan felt the product wasn’t moving along as quickly as he’d wanted, and will be ready in only 3 or 4 years, instead of just one. We didn’t report this at first, because we couldn’t confirm it — and still aren’t sure whether this is trustworthy. But perhaps Rob can fill us in with what the difference was about? Kleiner has been mum. They’ve refused so far to even acknowledge they’ve invested in Ion America.

Rob also points us to this Washington Post story about Silicon Valley’s embarce of clean-tech, quoting Kleiner’s Doerr about how “people are looking to have more meaning in their lives.”